08/24/2011
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Indian Express
Colombo, Sep 13 (TruthDive): US Assistant Secretary of State, Robert O Blake’s efforts to meet student representatives of Jaffna university to hear first hand account of human rights violation were blocked by supporters of Rajapakse – the EPDP paramilitary cum political party. Police were mere spectators. Geneva indicated that Sri Lanka’s war crimes report produced by Ban appointed UN panel of experts has been submitted to the UN’s Human Rights Commission. The placards displayed by EPDP supporters asked Blake as to how much dollars he paid or vodka he gifted to get the information from people he met.
05/02/2011
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Indian Express
COLOMBO: Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, a senior minister in the Rajapaksa government and a former Prime Minister, has quit the government delegation now in talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on finding a political solution to the Tamil question.
11/14/2010
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Indian Express
Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta and multi-award-winning author Salman Rushdie's screen adaptation of his extraordinary multi award-winning international bestselling novel Midnight's Children will commence shooting in Sri Lanka in January 2011.
11/06/2010
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Indian Express
Sri Lankan government will pay incentives to state employees who will learn additional local languages, including Tamil, to reduce the communication gap with people of Tamil origin in the Sinhalese-dominated nation.
05/16/2010
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Indian Express
The battle between Sri Lankan security forces and the LTTE during the last phase of the 'Eelam IV War' has damaged about 2.6 lakh houses in the Tamil dominated North, according to a recent study.
12/12/2009
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Indian Express
The Sri Lankan cabinet has mandated the Sinhala version of the national anthem instead of a Tamil version used in some parts of the country, a media report said.
The move will mean that the Tamil version of the anthem will no longer be played at any official or state functions, the Sunday Times reported. The decision was taken Wednesday.
12/05/2009
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Indian Express
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M K Sivajilingam on Friday said a majority of the people are still in camps. “The displaced people have actually not gone to their homes and they are lodged in schools, corporation and other state buildings,’’ he said.